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The Challenging Landscape of Critical Information Infrastructure: Are We Ready?. Leonard Bailey Senior Counsel Computer Crime & Intellectual Property Section US Department of Justice March 9, 2007. Agenda. Define the challenge. Outline the response. Propose ways forward.
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The Challenging Landscape of Critical Information Infrastructure:Are We Ready? Leonard BaileySenior CounselComputer Crime & Intellectual Property SectionUS Department of JusticeMarch 9, 2007
Agenda • Define the challenge. • Outline the response. • Propose ways forward.
The Complicated Landscape of Critical Information Infrastructure Protection: Are We Ready?
Private v. Public International Physical v. Cyber The Complicated Landscape of Critical Information Infrastructure Protection: Are We Ready? Military v. Non-Military Systems Wartime v. Peacetime
Cyber Disaster Planning • Federal Incident Response Community • DHS, National Cyber Security Division • Law Enforcement/Intel • Department of Defense • Information Sharing and Analysis Centers • Sector Coordinating Councils • Government Coordinating Council • International Entities
The Complicated Landscape of Critical Information Infrastructure Protection: Are We Ready?
13 Critical Infrastructure Sectors The Complicated Landscape of Critical Information Infrastructure Protection: Are We Ready? Communications and IT Sectors
What is “Critical”? • Executive Order 13010 • “Infrastructures so vital that their incapacitation or destruction would have a debilitating impact on defense or economic security.” • USA PATRIOT Act (P.L. 107-56) • “[S]ystems and assets, whether physical or virtual, so vital to the United States that the incapacity or destruction of such systems and assets would have a debilitating impact on security, national economic security, national public health and safety, or any combination of those matters.”
What is “Critical”? • Interdependencies between Sectors • Known, unknown and unknowable. • Interconnected systems • “The North American power grid is one large, interconnected machine.”
What is “Critical”? • Convergence • Progress toward integrated IP Network. • Increased opportunity for cascading failure. • New “critical” functions.
The Complicated Landscape of Critical Information Infrastructure Protection: Are We Ready?
International Partners Private Industry Academia The Complicated Landscape of Critical Information Infrastructure Protection: Are We Ready? State, Local & Tribal Authorities Federal Government
Natural Disaster The Complicated Landscape of Critical Information Infrastructure Protection: Are We Ready? Attack Accident
Assessment Response Restoration Remediation Incident Response Stop the bleeding – repair and mitigate damage. Identify the source of the incident. Take directed action against the cause.
Law Enforcement Community Assessment Response Restoration Remediation Remediation Community Intelligence Community War-Fighter Community Incident Response International
Tripwires • National Response Plan • The National Response Plan establishes a comprehensive approach to enhance the ability of the United States to manage domestic incidents. • Homeland Security Policy Directive 5 • Signed December 2004.
Tripwires • “Incident of national significance” • An actual or potential high-impact event that requires a coordinated and effective response by and appropriate combination of Federal, State, local, tribal, nongovernmental, and/or private-sector entities in order to save lives and minimize damage, and provide the basis for long-term community recovery and mitigation activities. • Cyber Annex specifically addresses management of cyber incidents.
Origin of the NCRCG • Department of Homeland Security • Effectuate responsibilities under HSPDs 5 and 7 and the National Response Plan (NRP). • Department of Justice • Replace the IRC with an operational group that could help coordinate investigative response activities during a cyber incident. • National Security Council • Provide a central interagency group for addressing cyber issues implicating national and homeland security.
Structure of the NCRCG • Steering Committee • Co-chaired by DHS/NCSD, DOJ/CCIPS, and DOD/OSD-NII. • Includes: • CIA • DHS • Director of National Intelligence (DNI) • DOD • DOE • DOJ • HSC • NCIX • NSA • NSC • OMB
What you can do • Encourage your leadership to undertake the challenge.
What you can do • Challenge your leadership. • Help them focus on what matters in a manner that is helpful to them.
What you can do • Align words and deeds • Are your entity’s actions consistent with the perception of the threat? • If not, why not?
What you can do • Prepare and practice. • Do you have an incident response plan? • Is it up-to-date? • Has it been socialized in your organization? • Are you confident that it will be followed?
Getting more info • Contact Us • Main: (202) 514-1026 • E-Mail: leonard.bailey@usdoj.gov • Web: